stuh505 wrote:Whoa, those are some detailed female mechanics! Taking notes...
Let me clarify. I know that there is some unknown link between the non-physical aspect of our consciousness and the physical aspect of the brain that allows us to think something and have that be translated into chemical messages.
I don't know what the limit of this power is. I know that some people can control things that most of the rest of us cannot like modulating their blood pressure or things like that. I imagine that for anything outside of the usual realm of control it would take extreme practice/training.
In this case you're talking about natural female hormonal cycles. Counteracting an existing process, I would imagine, would be very difficult or impossible because you would not only have to train a new kind of "connection" (if that's possible) but you would also have to to overcome the pre-programmed reaction. It would be like trying to use telepathy to nudge a ball balanced on a precipice vs. preventing a ball from rolling down a steep incline.
I see this as a much less plausible scenario, we don't even know if it is possible for the brain to affect the right kind of hormones...but when it comes to emotions, I think we can safely that our brain has a great deal of control -- first and foremost we can use our brain to make decisions about our life that will affect our happiness, and secondly I think that we can guide our thoughts in positive or negative ways to affect our happiness and potentially overcome any level of sadness.
Oh yeah, and no I wasn't being sarcastic when I thanked you. I meant that. But thanks for asking me instead of assuming.
Until recently, I felt the same way as you on the subject, then one day one of my uncles fell into a severe spell of depression and it literally crippled him until he was given anti-depressants.
I was totally floored that this uncle who was a rock, suddenly became helpless. This is a man who built houses all his life, is 70 years old and is still working on construction, then bam, he suddenly can't even get out of bed.
I guess this is something that runs in his family and I have to say that it sure made me stop and think.
I still think that way to many people are being medicated for simply having the blues, but I now also think that the meds are necessary for some.
On another note, it bugs me that the chemicals in our bodies can't be measured to prove the chemical imbalances that we have, but I believe in them simply because I'm a woman who goes through PMS for a week out of every month and believe me, something is off during that time
